Book, leaf, or music holder.



No. 634,78IQ? Patantod Oct. 10, 8899-.

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BOOK, LEAF, 0R MUSIC HOLDER.

v (Application fled In. Q, 1899.)

(No Nodal.)

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- VEILEX, a citizen of France, residing at La UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE;

PETER ANTHONY vEILEX, on LA OAS AD'A, CALIFORNIA:

sooK, LEAF, OR Music HoLosii.

sPE'oI'FIoA'rIon forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,781, dated ember 10, 1899. dpplicationfi'led March 2, 1899. Serial No. 707,436. (No model.)

To all whom; it may concern. I

-Be it known that I, PETER ANTHONY Cafiadagin the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Holding Books, Leaves, or Music, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation particularly to devices employed (while playing on musical instruments) to hold the leaves of books and music open while being read; and the object is to provide a device which will hold the leaves of the book or music open without the use of the fingers that they maybe otherwise employed in playing the instrument or in turning the leaves of the nu1sic-book, pre-" venting the annoyance to the performer of having the leaves of the book or music continually closing, which isv apt to occur if the leaves are not held in the openposition. I accomplish these objects by means of the device herein described and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view thereof with a hook in place thereon and the leaves of the same beingheld open by the leaf-detaining fingers D. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the same, showing the manner in which it is held in position on the instrument. Fig. 3 is an enlarged planview of the leaf-retaining finger D. Fig. 4 is an enlarged side view of the finger D, showing the manner of its attachment to the frame.

In the drawings, A represents the frame ofthe holder, and B the bed of the same.

E is a swinging support hinged at L, the limit of its movement being regulated by the adjusting-cord F, which is made fast to the frame A at the bottom thereof, thence passing out through the bottom B, thence through a hole in the free end of thesupport E,andthence up and over the catch E. By letting out the adjusting-cord the free'end of the support E will be thrown back and away from the frame and give greater inclination to the face of the frame and to any book or music resting thereon. Now if this cord is taken up the frame will assume a more vertical position, Wherefore it is manifest that any desired anglecan angle to the frame A,when the adjustingcord is made fast by passing the free end thereof over the catch E and pulled firmly thereinto.

Thebook or music, as O, to be read is then placed on the bed of the holder, and the free ends of the detaining-fingers are moved over the'face of the leaves into the position shown in Fig. 1. The fingers D are mounted on and form a continuation of the free end of a coiled spring I, which is coiled around a bolt J the other end of'the spring resting on the swinging plate K. The-tendency of this sp'ringis to hold the finger .D in theposition shown in full lines in Fig. 4b.. lhe swinging plates K are provided with bearin gs for the bolts J and also with lugs 76. These-lugs project out from the plates and between which the fingers D- when the positive motion is imparted to the.

finger D by the operator. The space between the shank D of the finger D (see Fig. 4) and the frame A should be ample to permit the performer to pass his forefinger under the leaf-retainingfinger when itis desired to move the same. By placing the thumb on the frame and running the forefinger under the leaf r etaining finger it can be pulled back and away from the leaf and moved into any desired po- .sition with facility.

Having described my invention, what'I claim as new,-and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I p The combination in a music-holder, of the frame A; the leaf-detaining fingers D; the coil-springI encircling the bolt J, the free end of said spring rigidly, affixed to said fingers,

and the other end of said spring arranged to too press against the plate K, the bolt J forming toned to the bottom of the frame and adj 11st bearing for coiled spring; the plate K having ably attached to the bottom of the support 16 bearing for bolt J, and lugs 70 integral there-- E, substantially as shown and described.

with and projecting out of the same; the plate w T removably attached to the frame by bolt H; PETER ANTHONX VEILEX' the screw-threaded bolt H, having adj nsting- Witnesses:

nut G; the swinging support E hinged to the CHARLES V. PLENKHARP,

top of the frame, and the adj Listing-cord fas- J AGOB U. ROMIG 

